NEW YORK - MLS Champion New York City Football Club (NYCFC) today announced that due to a busy holiday schedule that their victory parade would he held at the site of their legendary 1-0 win over Toronto FC in Hartford, Connecticut.

“We attempted to contact the New York City permits and licenses department to authorize a parade for our champions but they told us they were busy due to the holiday season,” stated one NYCFC source. “So instead we will take our championship to Hartford. We hope that our passionate fanbase will understand.”

Fans were reportedly infuriated at this move as the stated that this showed a, “level of disrespect to the sport and the team.’

However, Jeremy Grant, of Brooklyn, stated that he, “much preferred travelling to Hartford for this than Harrison because they don’t have any cups out there.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as NYCFC offer a 2-1 coupon on transportation out to Hartford.